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/Country
Türkiye
38/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 63% of countries
#58 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention38
- Adoption15
- Regulation59
- Problems and attacks49
- Opportunities58
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents39
4 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure21
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 18.9% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Enterprises using AI (Eurostat): 7.4% (2025) · Eurostat
Individuals using generative AI tools (Eurostat): 17.2% (2025) · Eurostat
Businesses using AI (OECD): 7.4% (2025) · OECD
Missing safeguards53
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: -0.17 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: -0.81 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: -1.11 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
72
Exposure to threats
58
as a target 48 · as a cause 68
Open and exposedMedia coverage: high (636 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 47.8 (as a target) + 50% × 68.1 (as a cause) = 58
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)27
Rule of law (0-100 score)45
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
/How the state uses it
how it worksPublic register: it shows how transparent the country is about its systems, not how much it uses them.
1 public AI system in the register
pilot1
Main sectors
Economic affairs1
Most recent cases
- AI4Life - AI-based smart intersection management system in Instanbul (opens in a new tab)City of Instanbul · 2024 · pilotAI4Life in Istanbul addressed congestion, emissions, and safety risks at urban intersections, where inefficient traffic flow contributes significantly to economic and environmental costs. The city of Istanbul and its municipal company ISBAK aimed to optimise intersection management to improve…
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country0
last 6 months
2
6-12 months ago
0
12-24 months ago
+ 2 with only the year
/Reported incidents
4 in 24 monthsJan 2026
Suspects Alleged to Have Used Purportedly AI-Generated Videos to Defraud 33 People of Approximately 15 Million Lira in Turkey (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Yapay zeka videoları ile 33 kişiyi dolandırdılar. 15 milyon TL'lik vurgun (opens in a new tab) · ntv.com.tr · 30 Jan 2026
Dec 2025
Purported Deepfake Investment Video Reportedly Used in Scam That Defrauded Turkish Couple of 1.5 Million Lira (~$35,000 USD) (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Database
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Yapay zeka 1 milyon 500 bin lira dolandırdı! (opens in a new tab) · yeniakit.com.tr · 26 Dec 2025
2025
Grok chatbot banned after insulting the Turkish president (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (xAI)AI labs pages: xAI
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
2024
Russian AI voice campaign attempts to undermine European support for Ukraine (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textLanguage and speech
Also reported by· 6 articles from 6 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality-0.17
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law-0.81
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability-1.11
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- Xinhua Headlines: 7th World Media Summit opens in Beijing, highlighting media transformation in AI age (opens in a new tab)heraldglobe.com · United States · 9 Nov 2026 · and 26 other outlets
- Xinhua Headlines: World media leaders urge stronger oversight, inclusive cooperation amid AI-driven transformation (opens in a new tab)arabherald.com · Syria · 9 Nov 2026 · and 14 other outlets
- Environmental groups embrace AI, even as they warn of data center impacts (opens in a new tab)thestar.com.my · Malaysia · 9 Nov 2026 · and 7 other outlets
- COP31 to open in Turkey, with climate goals under pressure from war and AI (opens in a new tab)internazionale.it · Italy · 9 Nov 2026 · and 4 other outlets
- IA pode ajudar a responder desastres naturais, dizem cientistas ao G20 (opens in a new tab)ebc.com.br · Brazil · 11 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- After AI Has Participated in Homework, How Can Teachers and Parents See the Hard-to-Notice Information Behind Good Answers? (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 13 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- World media leaders urge stronger oversight, inclusive cooperation amid AI-driven transformation (opens in a new tab)en.people.cn · China · 12 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- AI datacentres plan on-site power stations on huge scale despite climate risks, research reveals (opens in a new tab)aol.co.uk · United Kingdom · 11 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Zetrix AI confirms RM25mil sukuk default, pledges quick settlement (opens in a new tab)thestar.com.my · Malaysia · 10 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Турция запустит ИИ-систему для контроля телеэфира и цифровых платформ (opens in a new tab)ria.ru · Russia · 9 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 576 in total, at most 55 in one day (9 Nov 2026).
576 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 38, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 38, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 38, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 38, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 38, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 57 · 2024 48 · 2025 42 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.